[VOA] Cameroon says rebels in the neighboring Central African Republic released three men and a woman Sunday who were abducted late last year. The four were among more than 300 Cameroonians -- and thousands of cattle -- reportedly seized by rebels in the past two years. (AllAfrica)

[UN News] The agreement by the Government and armed groups in the Central African Republic to hold talks later this month (CAR) is "an important step to resolve the country's crisis", said the UN peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

[VOA] The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $430 million campaign to help displaced people and refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR). Over a million CAR residents have been internally displaced or made refugees by years of inter-communal fighting. More than a quarter million of them are living in neighboring Cameroon. (AllAfrica)

[Deutsche Welle] France will hand over an alleged African militia leader, Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, to the ICC, where he faces war crimes charges. Ngaissona is a member of Africa's top footballing body, the CAF. (AllAfrica)

[New Times] On Tuesday,two Formed Police Unit (FPU) contingents of combined 280 officers left Kigali International Airport for a one year tour-of-duty under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). (AllAfrica)

[WFP] UNHAS, which depends entirely on the support of international donors to finance its operating costs, is in urgent need of US$ 3 million to maintain its service for the next three months and will be grounded after January if there is no immediate injection of funds. (AllAfrica)

[Independent (Kampala)] Bangui -Rising violence in the Central African Republic threatens to spill across the border into neighbouring countries, creating further instability, a senior United Nations official warned on Thursday, urging continued and coordinated regional efforts to bolster peace and security. (AllAfrica)

[AI London] The United Nations must carry out a thorough investigation into UN peacekeeping troops' response to a recent attack that killed as many as 100 civilians in a displaced persons camp in the Central African Republic, Amnesty International said today in a new report. (AllAfrica)

[Deutsche Welle] The ICC had issued the arrest warrant of Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona for war crimes. He is the suspected leader of a militia accused of carrying out attacks on the Central African Republic's Muslim population. (AllAfrica)

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Yaounde -Starving, hiding in the bush or with armed groups, two in three children in the Central African Republic need aid, the United Nations said on Friday, as surging violence, attacks on humanitarians and funding shortages raise the spectre of famine. (AllAfrica)

[RFI] Two thirds children in the Central African Republic need humanitarian assistance, while one in four is displaced or a refugee. Those are the latest findings in a report published 30 November by the United Nations Children Agency, UNICEF. (AllAfrica)

[VOA] A new report presents a dire portrait of the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in the Central African Republic. They live in a state of permanent crisis brought on by years of conflict and international neglect, a report by the United Nations Children's Fund on the "Crisis in the Central African Republic" found. (AllAfrica)

[Deutsche Welle] Years of conflict in the Central African Republic mean most children there threatened with war, disease and hunger and are in dire need of help, the UN children's agency said. And things are only getting worse. (AllAfrica)

[IRIN] It was two nights before Christmas in 2013 in a suburb of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. All Claire's grandchildren were gathered in her house, playing, seemingly safe from the horrors outside. (AllAfrica)

[Deutsche Welle] A former militia leader from the Central African Republic has appeared at the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges. Alfred Yekatom, also known as Rambo, said he was tortured before being sent to The Hague. (AllAfrica)

[UN News] People's needs in Central African Republic (CAR) have increased significantly in recent months, the top United Nations aid official in the country warned on Wednesday, amid worsening localized violence that has included the recent torching of two camps for displaced people. (AllAfrica)

[UN News] Amid a recent uptick in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday said he stood in solidarity with the crisis torn country and warned that attacks against defenseless civilians and UN 'blue helmets' may amount to war crimes. (AllAfrica)

[HRW] Nairobi -The International Criminal Court (ICC) has a new opportunity to deliver justice to victims in the Central African Republic as it takes its first suspect into custody in its investigation of serious crimes committed in the country since 2012. (AllAfrica)

[Deutsche Welle] A militia leader from the Central African Republic has been extradited to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Alfred Yekatom will face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (AllAfrica)

[Cameroon Tribune] The Central African Republic, CAR, is recruiting 1,023 young people into the military and security forces. Radio Ndeke Luka on November 13, 2018 cited Col. Ghislaine Léa Yangongo, Vice Chair of the Joint Recruitment Committee as saying they have so far received 15,846 applications! Col. Enzema Nguema of the UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSCA, said after screening, files will be forwarded to the US Embassy and the European Union Multi-national Military Training Mission, EUTM for verification. This is t (AllAfrica)